Name-holder for umbrellas or other portable articles.



PATENTBD MAY 12, 1908.

W. N. REYNOLDS. NAME EGE-DEE Eo-E UMEEELLAS 0E oTHEE PORTABLE ARTICLES.

APPLICATION TILED AUG. 23, 1907.

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v WILLIAM N. REYNOLDS, OF LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT.

NAME-HOLDER FOR UMBRELLAS OR OTHER PORTABLE ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 127 1908.

Application filed August 28, 1907. Serial No. 390,449.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. REY- NOLDs, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Litchfield, in the county of Litchfield andState of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement inName- Holders for Umbrellas or other Portable Articles, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a name plate adapted forattachment to an umbrella handle or stick, a cane or other portableobject, and to so construct the device that a card bearing the name andaddress can readily be introduced into the device in such manner that itwill remain until purposely removed, and when so desired the card can bequickly released.

It is a further purpose of the invention to constructA the device with acover for the card, which cover is opaque when the device is visible atthe surface, but said cover being preferably made of a transparentmaterial when the device is concealed in the article to which it isapplied.

It is also a purpose of the invention to provide a name plate adaptablefor the purpose described, that willbe simple, durable, readily ap lied,and which maybe exteriorly or interior flocated.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis speciiication in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of the handle of a cane or umbrellaillustrating the application of thedevice thereto; Fig. 2 is an enlargedfront elevation of the device with the cover closed Fig. 3 is anenlargedsectional view of the handle shown in Fig. 1, and a transversesection through the device, the section being taken practically on theline 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the devicetaken practically on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3 Fig. 5 is a transversesection through the device with the cover open; Fig. 6 is a transversesection taken substantially onthe line 6-6 of Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is alongitudinal sectionthrough the handle of a cane or umbrella, and afront elevation of the device located in a chamber in the said handleand Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the lower cornerportion of thedevice, p arts being in section, illustrating the manner in which thelocking plate can be held in upright position relatively to the bodyportion of the device.

. A represents the handle of an umbrella or cane, which in Fig. 1 isshown provided with a recess 10 produced yin one side face, into whichrecess the improved device is iitted, while in Fig. 7 I have illustratedthe handle as provided with a chamber l1 extending through to the outerend of the handle and the device is located within said chamber,

being invisible from the outside, and the outer end portion of thechamber 11 is made circular and is enlarged, and is interiorly threaded,as is shown in 12 in said Fig. 7, to receive the threaded portion of acap 13, which cap will constitute an ornament for the outer end of thehandle.

In the construction of the device, a back plate 14 is provided of anysuitable size, the plate being by preference rectangular, and the saidplate is secured to the rearwall of the recess 10in any approved manner.The back plate 14 is provided at each end of its front surface withaside member 15, and these side members are reduced in width at theirlower ends to form shoulders 16, best shown in Fig. 4. At the upper endportions of the back plate 14, bearings 17 extend forwardly oroutwardly, and these bearings are usually rectangular, as isillustrated, although they may be given other shape, and the saidbearings receive the ends of a spindle 18, and the said spindle isloosely passed through a knuckle 19 formed at the upper end of a cover20 for the front portion of the device adapted to cover the device atits front from top to bottom, and from end to end. Thev bearings 17extend out beyond the side pieces 15 a distance corresponding to thethickness of the cover plate 2O so that when the cover plate 2O isclosed the front portion of the device will be yperfectly smooth, as isillustrated in Fig. 2.

, VV In the further construction of the body portionof the device, across bar 21 is carried from one side bar 15 to the other just below theknuckle 19 of the cover 20, and a space intervenes the inner face of thesaid cross bar, and the front face of the back plate 14, as isillustrated in Fig. 5. A second spindle 22 is secured in the side pieces15 at their Ylower or reduced portions, and the spindle 22 looselyreceives the knuckle 23 of the locking plate 24. This locking plate isreduced in Width at its end portions, as is shown particularly at 25 inFig. 4, so that when the locking plate 24 is in its upper or normalposition, the reduced end portions 25 will be immediately beneath theshoulders 16 of the side pieces 15, and the upper edges of the reducedportions 25 of the locking plate are inclined from the center downwardin opposite directionsvto form toothed surfaces 26, as is illustrated inFig. 6, and when the locking plate 24 is in its upper or normal positionthe toothed surfaces 26 are snapped into correspondingly shaped-recesses 27 in the shoulders 16, as is best shown in Fig. 6, the saidrecesses and the said toothed surfaces being so formed as to admit ofsuch action. Thus the locking plate 24 is temporarily held in an uprightposition by frictional enga ement with the body of the device. Thelocking plate 24 is provided with a downwardly and outwardly extendinglip 28 at the central portion of its outer face, as is especially shownin Figs. 3 and 5, and this lip is received in a correspondingly shapedrecess 2 9 in the inner face of the bottom portion of the cover whensaid cover is closed, as is shown in Fig. 3, the said recess bein(rlocated adjacent to the bottom longitudina edge of said cover. The coverplate 20 is eXteriorly enlarged at that point where the recess 29 ismade in its inner face, so as to form a lip 31, as is shown in Fig. 2,to facilitate the raising of the cover.

rl`he name,` or name and address, are produced u on a card 32 made ofanysuitable materia, and when the cover plate 20 is raised and the lockingplate 24 is dropped, as is shown in Fig. 5. The said card 32 is made tolie against the inner face of the back plate 14, its upper portion beingat the rear of the cross bar 21, and when the locking plate is carriedup to its normal position, said plate engages with the lower portion ofthe card 32, and in this manner the card is prevented from leaving itsposition in the device until it is purposely-removed. The object of thecover 20 is to prevent the name from being visible at all times when thedevice is eX- teriorly placed, and at such time the cover is made of anopaque material, but when the device is to be introduced into thechamber 11, as shown in Fig. 7, from which it can be readily removed,the cover 2O may be made of glass, celluloid, or Yany"'transparentmaterial. Y

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desireto secureby Letters Patent;-

1. In a name holder for umbrellas, canes, and other similar articles, abody plate having means for retaining a name card in ,position, alocking plate on the body late, a cover for the body plate, and means orholding the locking plate in engagement with the introduced name card,the cover plate acting to conceal the card.

2. 1n a name holder for umbrellas, canes, and other portable articles,the combination with a body plate having means for retaining a name cardin position, a locking plate at the lower portion of the body plate, anda cover at the upper portion of the said body plate, the locking platebeing adapted for engagement with the name card introduced in the bodyplate, and the cover plate being adapted to conceal the said card.

- 3. 1n a name holder for umbrellas, canes, v

and other portable articles, the combination with the body plate havinga retaining mem-Y ber for the upper portion of an address card, of alocking plate hinged at the lower portion of the body plate and adaptedfor engagement with the lower portion of the inserted address card, anda cover plate hinged at the upper portion of the body plate adapted totemporarily conceal the inserted address card, means for holding thelocking plate in locking position, and means for holding the cover platelocked to the locking plate.

4. 1n a name holder for umbrellas, canes, and other portable articles, abody section having means for the reception of an address card, alocking plate for the inserted card pivotally connected with the bodysection at its lower portion, means for holding the locking plate infrictional engagement with the said body section, and a cover platehinged at the upper portion of the said body, the

said cover plate being provided with a recess and the locking plate witha projection to enter the said recess when the locking plate and coverplate are in normal osition.

5. 1n a name holder for um rellas, canes, and other portable articles,the combination with a body section comprisinga back late, side membersreduced in width at their Ilower ortions, and a retaining cross barextending l'rom one side member to the other, and spaced from the backplate, of a locking plate having a hinged connection with the backplate, being reduced at its ends to lit the reduced portions of the sidemembers, means for bringing the reduced portions of the locking plate infrictional engagement with the reduced portions of the said sidemembers, and a cover platerhaving ahinged connection at the upperportion of the back In testimony whereof I have signed my late on thesame side as that at Which the name to this specification in thepresence of ookmg plate is located, the said cover plate tWo subscribingWitnesses.

being adapted for looking connection With WILLIAM N. REYNGLDS. 5 thelooking plate When both the looking I/Vitnesses:

plate and the cover plate are in normal posi- CHARLES W. IIINSDALE,

tion. CHARLES M. OPANUNG.

